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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 2, 1885. 
Mr. F. Hares. One Melon.—First, Mr. T. Hare ; second, Mr. A. Fawkes ; 
third, Mr. Grindrod. Sis Figs.—First, Mr. A. Fawkes ; second, Mr. J. 
Barran. Fifty Cherries.—First, Mr. T. Hare ; second, Sir H. M. Thompson ; 
third, Mrs. Naylor. Fifty Strawberries.—First, Mr. Goodacre. 
NEW ROSES. 
The following list of new Roses, which can be shown at the National 
Rose Society’s Exhibition in the classes provided for varieties not in 
commerce in England previous to 1883, has been carefully drawn up by 
T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., and will be found useful by intending 
exhibitors:— 
Admiral Courbet 
Admiral Seymour 
Alexandre Dupont 
Alexandrine Bruel (T.) 
Aline Rozey (T.) 
Alphonse Soupert 
Andrb Gill 
Andre Schwartz (T.) 
Annette Murat (T.) 
Antoine Chantin 
Antoine Mermet (H.T.) 
Antoine Wintzner 
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild 
(1883) 
Baronne Nathaniel de Rothschild 
(1885) 
Baron de Sinety (T.) 
Baron Travot 
Baron Wolesley 
Bedford Belle (H.T.) 
Belzunce 
Benoit Comte 
Charles de Legrady (T.) 
Charles Fauquet 
Charles Lamb 
Clothilde Soupert (T.) 
Colonel Felix Breton 
Colonel Robert le Fort (Moss) 
Comtesse Cahen d’Anvers 
Comtesse de Carteja 
Comtesse de Mailly-Neale 
Comtesse de Paris (Leveque, 1883) 
Directeur Alphand 
Docteur Dor 
Docteur Gamier 
Duke of Marlborough 
Eclair 
Edgard Jolibois 
Edouard Gautier (T.) 
Ella Gordon 
Emperor 
Empre ss 
Etendard de Jeanne d’Arc (T.) 
Etendard de Lyon 
Francisque Rive 
Fiirstin Johanna Auereperg 
Garden Favourite 
General Appert 
Gilbert 
Gipsy (H.T.) 
Gloire Lyonnaise (H.T.) 
Grace Darling (T.) 
Grandeur of Cheshunt 
Hans Mackart 
Hon. Edith Gifford (T.) 
Imperatrice M. Feodorowna (T.) 
Jeanne Abel (T.) 
Joachim du Bellay 
Joseph Metral 
Julie Gaulain 
Lady of the Lake 
Laurent de Rille 
Lecocq Dumemil 
Le Khedive 
L’Elegante (T.) 
Leon Say 
Longfellow 
Lord Bacon 
Lord Frederick Cavendish 
Louise Aunier 
Louise Chretien 
Louise Philippe Albert d’Orleans 
Madame Alexandre Jullien 
„ Alice Van Geert 
„ Anna Moreau 
„ Appoline Foulou 
„ Bertha Mackart 
„ de Watteville (T.) 
„ D. Wettstein 
„ Eugene Yerdier (T.) 
„ Eugenie Fremy 
„ Fanny de la Forest (H.N.) 
„ F. Buchner 
„ Jean Sisley (China) 
„ Lelievre Delaplace 
„ Louise Vigneron 
„ Lucien Cbaure 
„ Massicault 
„ Melanie Vigneron 
„ Norman Ndruda 
,, Olympe Terestcheuko 
„ Pitaval 
„ Rambaud 
„ Raoul Chandon 
„ Remond (T.) 
„ Rochet 
„ Veuve Alexandre Pommery 
Malmaison Rouge (B.) 
Marguerite de Roman 
Marie Closon 
Marie Legrange 
Marie Digat 
Marshall P. Wilder 
Mary Bennett 
Ma Surprise 
Merveille de Ljon 
Monsieur Hoete 
Mrs. Caroline Swailes 
Mrs. George Dickson 
Olivier Metra 
President Senelar 
Princesse Amelie d’Orleans 
Princesse de Bearn 
Princesse Julie d’Arenberg 
Princesse Radziwill 
Pride of Reigate 
Professor Edouard Regel 
Prosper Laugier 
Queen of Queens 
Rosalie (T.) 
Rosamene St. Hubert (T.) 
Secretaire Nicholas 
Souvenir d’Alphonse Laval 16e 
„ de Gabriel Drevet (T.) 
„ de Leon Gambetta 
., de Madame V. Verdier 
„ de Renh Leveque 
„ de Rambaud (T.) 
„ de Therese Levet (T.) 
Sunset (T.) 
Victor Hugo 
Waltham Climber, No. 1 (H.T.) 
Waltham Climber, No. 2 (H.T.) 
Waltham Climber, No. 3 (H.T.) 
W. F. Bennett (H.T.) 
CUCUMBER ROOTS DISEASED. 
I agree w.th “ S. W., Yorfis,” about the use of quicklime as a cure 
for diseased Cucumber roots. It will do more than that; if used early 
enough it will prevent disease or canker both in Cucumbers and Melons. 
The writer had charge of the Cucumber and Melon houses under Mr. 
•Jones at Frogmore twelve years ago ; and those who had the pleasure of 
seeing the garden there at lhat time know what sort of crops were grown. 
It was my duty then to place a ring of fresh lime round each plant 
4 inches away from the stems, and to water up to it, but not inside it, and 
it was considered a preventive of disease in Cucumber roots and also of 
canker in Melons. Here I have had very little experience of either of 
these, but 1 attribute my success to the use of a handful of quicklime 
placed on pteccs of tile ir glass, and stood between the plants. This in 
my opinion absorbs the superfluous moisture and thus keeps the plants 
safe.—G. M. W. 
THE WHITE WATER LILY. 
There is a too common impression that to grow and flower 
with any degree of satisfaction the common white Water Lily 
(Nymphaea alba), it is absolutely necessary to have either a lake 
or a pond, and hundreds of people are deterred from growing it 
because they possess neither. Though few people will dispute 
that most plants generally succeed the best, and look the best, 
under natural and unrestricted conditions, and none more so 
than Water Lilies, no matter whether it be the Yictoria regia, 
Euryales, Nympha?as, Nuphars, Limnochans, or Aponogeton, 
yet 1 shall endeavour to show that satisfactory results and a 
great deal of pleasure may be derived by cultivating this charm¬ 
ing Lily in a more humble and restricted way than is commonly 
practised, and 1 may here state that most other Nymphaas may 
be grown in equally limited spaces, the principal difference being 
in temperature. 
Nymphsea alba is a native of Britain, is, therefore, quite 
hardy, and in warm localities and a pure atmosphere it is very 
florif'erous. There are, however, places where the atmosphere 
is very impure from various causes, and where, as a consequence, 
the sunlight is not near so intense as in districts hut a few 
miles away, and the mean annual temperature is also rather 
lower. From these two causes alone this Lily does not 
produce many flowers when grown out of doors under such con¬ 
ditions, but if the shelter of glass is afforded in localities like 
these the number of flowers produced by a very small plant is 
almost astonishing. But someone will say, “ Who is going to build 
an aquatic house to grow the common Water Lily in F ” I do 
not suppose anyone will build a house for such a purpose, nor 
am I going to suggest it, but I wish to show the dwellers in large 
towns, and who have neither lake nor pond in which to culti¬ 
vate their aquatics, how they may have dozens of pure and star¬ 
shaped Water Lilies. 
ivly employer, several years ago, expressed a desire to have 
this beautiful plant in his garden, but possessing neither of the 
above conveniences, nor yet a large tank or tub of any kind, I 
could not at the moment see how 1 was to gratify his desire. 
After some time I found a large box of the following dimensions 
—length 4 feet, breadth 2 feet 3 inches, depth 1 foot 4 inches. 
This we had lined with lead and made watertight, and on one 
side, 1 inch from the top, was inserted a three-quarter inch over¬ 
flow pipe. Here we had, at a trifling cost, an aquatic tank that 
will last a long time, hut I should like it better if it were a foot 
wider This tank was placed at the end of a small lean-to 
greenhouse with south aspect, and from which frost only is ex¬ 
cluded. Half a barrowful of strong loam, with a little decayed 
manure added, was put in the bottom of the tank, a small plant 
was obtained from a friend and planted in the centre, a few 
large stones were placed round the crown of the plant to keep it 
in its place while the water was poured in through a rose, and 
when the water rose to overflow pipe the work was done. The 
water should be soft, we use rain water. Jn course of time 
several plants of Aponogeton distachyon, or Cape Pondweed, 
was added, and these throw up dozens of Hawthorn-scented pure 
white flowers the year round. The Nymphsea gives us three, 
four, and five flowers at a time for several weeks, and odd ones 
through the summer. In order to obtain all this beauty year after 
year we have only to add several pailfuls of fresh water every 
week. During the autumn months the leaves of the Nymphaa 
gradually die, and the Aponogeton and goldfish have the tank to 
themselves till the following spring, when Ihe Water Nymph 
reappears in all her purity and beauty.—J. Udale. 
LORD NAPIER NECTARINE. 
Early during the present season I recollect some remarks being made 
by one of your able contributors respecting the above Nectarine. These 
statements did not accord with my experience of this variety when grown 
under glass. I have always found Lord Napier one of the most abundant 
cropping varieties that has come under my notice. I have one tree under 
my charge which now measures 19 feet in width by JO feet in depth, with 
a ciop of over 300 fruits on it, nearly every one of which is fit for exhi¬ 
bition if so needed, being first-rate both in size and colour. I grant that 
in regard to flavour precedence must be given to a few varieties, but if 
allowed to become perfectly ripe before being taken from the tree this 
kind will not then leave much to be desired even by the most fastidious. 
This crop now makes the fourth, the average of which for the four seasons 
would be about 300 fruits. This may appear to some an excessive crop, 
but when taking into consideration the extremely robust character of the 
variety it is not so, causing the tree to he productive of good fruit-bearing 
wood more than would be the case with a light crop. We are just com- 
